Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6787
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.643 %0.911 %
Daily rates quoted33
Average minimum daily rate£183£217
Average daily rate£205£240
% change on same period last year-14.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£227£263
UK excluding London average daily rate£257£240
% change on same period last year+6.90 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.68£29.00
% change on same period last year-14.90 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads622878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.999 %0.943 %
Daily rates quoted209370
Average minimum daily rate£338£346
Average daily rate£364£369
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7291
Average minimum hourly rate£31.59£32.37
Average hourly rate£32.56£33.73
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.53£35.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
SEO East of EnglandSEO
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SEO across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire SEO Demand Trend

SEO
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SEO across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SEO Daily Rate Trend

SEO
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SEO across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire SEO Daily Rate Histogram

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SEO also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SEO.

15 (62.50 %)E-Commerce
24 (50.00 %)Web Design
24 (50.00 %)Marketing
24 (50.00 %)Web Development
33 (37.50 %)CSS
33 (37.50 %)HTML
33 (37.50 %)Flash
42 (25.00 %)Internet Marketing
42 (25.00 %).NET
42 (25.00 %)Photoshop
42 (25.00 %)MS Project
42 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
42 (25.00 %)Project Management
42 (25.00 %)WAI
42 (25.00 %)Retail
42 (25.00 %)AJAX
42 (25.00 %)Web 2.0
42 (25.00 %)Pay per click
42 (25.00 %)Microsoft
42 (25.00 %)Telecoms
51 (12.50 %)CMS
51 (12.50 %)Adobe
51 (12.50 %)Content Management
51 (12.50 %)Graphic Design
51 (12.50 %)Copywriting
51 (12.50 %)SLA
51 (12.50 %)C#
51 (12.50 %)ASP
51 (12.50 %)SQL Server

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SEO also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SEO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (37.50 %)HTML
13 (37.50 %)CSS
22 (25.00 %)AJAX
22 (25.00 %).NET
22 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (12.50 %)ASP
31 (12.50 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)CMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)Photoshop
12 (25.00 %)MS Project
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (37.50 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (50.00 %)Marketing
22 (25.00 %)Telecoms
22 (25.00 %)Retail
31 (12.50 %)Graphic Design
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (25.00 %)Project Manager
12 (25.00 %)Junior
12 (25.00 %)Developer
12 (25.00 %)Web Designer
12 (25.00 %)Junior Project Manager
21 (12.50 %)Graphic Designer
21 (12.50 %)Web Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)Web 2.0
21 (12.50 %)Copywriting
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)E-Commerce
24 (50.00 %)Web Design
24 (50.00 %)Web Development
32 (25.00 %)Internet Marketing
32 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
32 (25.00 %)Pay per click
32 (25.00 %)Project Management
41 (12.50 %)Content Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)C#
11 (12.50 %)JavaScript
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (25.00 %)WAI
21 (12.50 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (12.50 %)Adobe